|
Growing up in Kaiping, China, Jo Situ Allen lived above an open air market. As a young girl, she remembers running downstairs to order her favorite dish – shrimp wrapped in delicate rice noodles doused in soy sauce.
After immigrating to America at 6 years old, she arrived in L.A.’s Chinatown before settling in Irvine as a teenager in 1996. Her professional career took her down many paths, from science to art and now the culinary world.
Allen’s favorite food from her childhood was cheung fun, or Cantonese steamed rice rolls. She recreated her own version by melding traditional flavors with fresh, local ingredients that reflect her California upbringing. That signature fusion is the highlight of a new fast casual restaurant in Costa Mesa called Mo.Mi.Mei.
| 
